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East Lothian is a council area of southeastern Scotland. It lies on the southern coast of the Firth of Forth, an inlet of the North Sea, and shares borders with the Midlothian, Scottish Borders, and City of Edinburgh council areas. The historic county called East Lothian covers a slightly different area. Much of East Lothian is a coastal lowland that features some of Scotland’s best farmland. In the south is a section of the Lammermuir Hills. The administrative center of East Lothian is Haddington.